12 Frightful Family-Friendly Halloween Movies to Watch on Netflix

Hotel Transylvania 1 & 2 | Even Monsters and Werewolves need a little R&R. What could go wrong? He’s human and he’s dating Drac’s daughter!

Coraline | While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline (Dakota Fanning) discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever. Coraline must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life.

Goosebumps | R.L. Stine’s tales take on a life of their own in a series that combines original stories with adaptations drawn from the popular books.

Pac’s Scary Halloween | When sinister Dr. Pacenstein schemes to swap bodies with Pac during a Halloween party, Spiral, Cyli and Count Pacula scramble to save their pal.

Paranorman | Young Norman Babcock (Kodi Smit-McPhee) has the ability to speak with the dead — and he often prefers their company to that of the living. Norman receives word from his strange Uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman) that a centuries-old witch’s curse on their town is real and about to come true — and that only Norman can stop it. 

Monster House | Three friends discover that their neighbor’s house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.

Ghost Patrol | Two kids and their pet dog (aka the Ghost Patrol) get a call about an old manor and soon find they are investigating their first real haunted house

Are You Afraid of the Dark? | “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” serves up a spine-tingling blend of imagination and suspense along with a cast of wicked warlocks, demons and villains. You probably remember this one from when you were a kid!

Mostly Ghostly | Based on, Mostly Ghostly: a series of books written by children’s horror author R. L. Stine. Its targeted audience is primarily middle school-aged youths ages 11-14.

Haunting Hour | Author R.L. Stine is known for his creepy novels for young adults, especially the “Goosebumps” and “Fear Street” collections. Like those books, this anthology series presents bone-chilling flights of fancy and dark morality tales for older kids unafraid of a good-old-fashioned scare. Despite the show’s title, the spooky stories are only 30 minutes each, and are designed to produce shivers, but not nightmares.

Find all of these freaky stories, for kids and tweens, on Netflix this holiday season.